Of cleveland



1 'suitahlenieterisl; but wood is preferable ons account of its cheapness. v The strips G, if of Wood, are usually about 'threessixteentlis of 50 :is will lit snugly into' the nieshesof the wire4 ninna' @lelie-3S' ses slnnien.,

HWARD E. LAUGHLTN, 0F GLEVELAND, 10H10.

SPECIFICATEQN forming part of Letters Estent N 385,551, dated July 3, 1888.'

Anplicnlion Bleil February fi, 1857. Serial No, ,l"26,516 (No model.)

To all' wle/0m it rra-tay concer-n.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD E, LAUG'HLIN, oi' Cleveland, in the county ofinyalioge end State of Ohio, lieve invented certain new and 5 useful improvements in Door-Mats; and l de here bydeclars theiollowing tolieafull, clear, and exact description oltheinvention, such es will enable others skilled in. the nrt to which' it pertains to Ineke end use the same,

My invention :relates te improvements in door-mats, in which the body oi the met is formed of interloekingepirnl coils of wire erranged substantially ne ine welllinown class' i of bedsprings, and' efloinder secured around the outer edgesiof the linierloelned coils. A 4lling consistingef strips of wood, metal,- or: otner suitable motorini in nserted intlie respective coilsto the end that the filling holds the wire fabric distended and prevents the .eo

coils from being erushedwhen stepped upon, ley reissen of1 which' the wire can lie much 'lightcrthen would otherwise answer the purpose, and consequently the met can be made l et a. reduced initial cost. 25

' invention. Fig, 2 is a. cross-section, and Fig.

3 is an edge view in side elevation.

The body of themst A is made of e. series of spirelly-coiled-wires, B. 'liewire is passed through e. machine that gives Y the desired spira-l form and imparts e rotating movement to tli'e coil yes it is discharged. from the mschine. A coil previously mede is laid .upon a'teble in position for the forthcoming coil by means of the rotating movement of the letter te interlock with the" folds of the stationery' coil. This is repented until n'labric of the 'desired width is had, and usually of consider- Y into suitable lengths, according to the uses for serted in the meshes of the fabric, usually crosswise Aof the coils. The strips C are usually of wood, although they lmuy be 'of metal or' other eninch,inore or less, in thickness enel es wide omitted to give greater variety.'

able length, and the fabric is `aftervvarli cut ing will oe about equal. either lengthwise or crossivise,l and the filling may therefore be in.-

sorted in either direction; 'ont usually insert the filling crossw'ise of the coils" es being 'oetter adapted to hold the fabric ldistended., Diliercnncolored. Wood' muy be employed in the filling to ineke the matrnore mrnernentatlY and here and there a 'filling-strip niey be Wiien metal liing is nsed,ll usually inelielthe saine of thin galvanized sheet-iron ont into strips of suit- -abl'e widtha 'Here and there such iron strips may-be vused. with good eleet with wooden wise endlprevent the coils'ol' wireir'om licing crushednd consequently comparatively/small width as the lining-strips. This half-round iron-.is out into lengths to reach round the respective mais, and is heut .datwise and et right ongles to' form the legs l o suitable distance apnrttoenter the two sides of the met. The

'part d" between the legs d, as it is brought `egz-iinst theen ofthe niet, is secured by a coilwoven to the body of the met, the end of the coils being lient to louve the ends thereof in- 'side the legs (if. Next, the ends ofv the legs protruding beyond the other end of the coil (see dotted lines, Fig. l) are bent downnent to the end of the. met, and secured inthe inauner just described by Weaving a coil around the hineling. This completes the met.

Killing. The liliingstrips of course eet edge- For Door-mats of such construction will ,be

found very serviceeble,and ere modesta small initial cost.

L In door-mets, the eombinstiony .with e filou Vil! 385,561

2. Inadoor-mat,the combinatiomwithawire i In testimony whereof I sign this specicafabric made upof a seriesofspirally-eoiiedintion; in the presence of two Witnesses, this-7th lo terlockedwiresandrigid lining-strips,snbstanday of January, 1887. tially as indicated, of abinder arranged about' 5 the edges ofthe mat, the same being inserted HOWARD E LAUGHLIN' in thetwo outer coils of themat, and secured NVitnesses: across the other sides by the ends of the re- GHAS. H. DORER,

jspeotiveeoiisfsubstantially as set forth. ALBERT E. LYNCH. 

